Welcome to Northwich & District Heritage Society

Northwich and District Heritage Society was established as a registered charity in September 1985.

However, it had been in the making for some years before that, as a result of the efforts of John Chesworth, who was determined to create an organisation dedicated to the history and heritage of his home town. Encouraged by the Northwich Town Council, in late 1984, he headed a Steering Committee comprised of like-minded individuals and representatives of local organisations including the Weaver Hall Salt Museum.

The Northwich and District Heritage Society was established. John then led the way to charitable status and served for two years as its inaugural chairman.

Since those early days the Society has grown in strength. It now boasts about 300 members and meets roughly once per month between October and June in Hartford.

Our Next Event

Friday 18th October 2019 – The Richard Kelsall Lecture - at 8:00 pm

Sir John BrunnerOne of the most important men in Northwich’s history. Dr Diana Leitch will give her talk celebrating the life and times of Sir John on the centenary of his death.

New Venue

The Grange Theatre at the Grange SchoolBradburns Lane HartfordNorthwichCW8 1LU

There is car parking for up to 130 cars down the road opposite the School on the left hand side of Oak Grange, the new McCarthy & Stone flats.There is a drop off point at the front of the School.

We hope that you find this a very comfortable venue with easy access to all areas.

Art Competition

At the end of 2015, the Northwich & District Heritage Society invited primary schools in the Northwich area to enter artwork depicting any aspect of Northwich's salt industry heritage. By the closing date in March, we had nearly 300 individual entries.

The prize winners and all the entries can be seen on the Art Competition page.

Copyright: Northwich and District Heritage Society, 2006-2017, All Rights Reserved

Registered Charity No. 516930

Preserving and promoting the heritage of Northwich and the surrounding area